KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard, Alaska State Troopers, local search and rescue and the crew of the tug Naniq responded to a disabled vessel near Kotzebue, Alaska, Wednesday. The Naniq crew provided gas and a battery to the disabled vessel and escorted them back to Kotzebue. Alaska State Troopers contacted Coast Guard 17th District command center […]
On Tuesday, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in Fairbanks gave the go-ahead for the community of Kotzebue to move forward with opening a city-owned bar/restaurant in the city of just over 3,200 people. The new establishment will be the only business in the community that can sell alcohol for use on the premises in the […]
Russell Oliver Williams, one of the Kotzebue residents targeted in a joint investigation between the Western Alaska Alcohol and Narcotics Team and the Kotzebue pled guilty to charges of Selling Alcohol without a License in a Local Option COmmunity and was sentenced to 11 months on May 30th, 2014. The investigation that began in October of 2013 […]
Alaska State Troopers based in Kotzebue responded to a report of shooting in the community of Ambler on Saturday afternoon. After responding to the scene, speaking with witnesses and investigating the call, the trooper investigation revealed that 34-year-old Harry Moreno of Ambler had shot at the VPO in the community through the door. It was […]